#WeLiveTheGame
Meet The Coaching Staff
Gil Resto
Co-Founder Top Rank Baseball
Mentor/Coach for 20 years.
Certifications:
USA Baseball Certified Coach.
Pitch Smart Certified.
Member of American Baseball Coaches Association
Current Experience:
Top Rank Baseball 12U Coach.
Up the Ranks Performance Baseball Instructor.
Northern Lehigh Knee Hi Coach (CWL Champions).
Past Experience:
Slate Belt Vipers 11u Coach.
Northern Lehigh Midgets Coach.
Northern Lehigh Biddy Coach.
Blue Mountain Adult League Player.
2 Sport Scholastic Athlete.
Education:
B.A. Criminal Justice, Minor Social Psychology
A.A.S. Criminology
Kutztown University (1995-1998)
Lehigh Carbon Community College (1993-1995)
Ty Rothdeutsch
Co-Founder Top Rank Baseball
Kutztown University Graduate (2012-2015)
B.A. Sports Management and Marketing Communications
Certified Coach and Personal Trainer
Owner and Director of Up the Ranks Performance LLC. (Strength, Conditioning, and
Player Development Company)
9+ years of Youth, High School and Collegiate coaching experience
Former Director of Program Operations for Rising Stars Travel Baseball
Member of the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)
Current BML Men's Baseball Player
Nic Ampietro
Top Rank Baseball 12U Coach
Strength and Conditioning Coordinator
Moravian College Graduate.
B.S. Exercise Science
4 Year Starter on Moravian Baseball Team, Pitcher/Shortstop.
ACE (American Council of Exercise) certified Personal Trainer.
3 Sport Athlete at Salisbury High School.
Colonial League Baseball MVP.
Nick has passion for strength and conditioning and has a deep understanding of the corexcell principals for rehab and maximizing athletic performance
Steve Wagner
Top Rank Baseball Coach
Southern Lehigh- Varsity Assistant (2023-present)
2025 Colonial League Champions
Wilson-Head Varsity (2018-2021)
24 wins over 2 season
(2020 season canceled)
Salisbury-Head JV Coach/Varsity Asst. (2010-2018)
2011 State Finalists
2013 State semi-finalists
2x Colonial League Champions
2x District XI Champions
PA Shockers (2018-2025)
2026 National Head Coach
61-20-4 (15-17u - HS ages)
Coach at all levels (11u-17u)
Playing
Salisbury HS-2009 Grad
-2009 Colonial League Champions
-2008 District XI finalist
Lehigh Carbon CC
Ben Schaffer
Top Rank Baseball Coach
Coach Schaffer is a Northern Lehigh High School Alumni (Class of 2004), where he was a three-sport Varsity Athlete (Baseball, Basketball, Football) from 2000-2004.
Current Roles:
Head Coach, Northern Valley Legion Baseball
Varsity Assistant Coach, Northern Lehigh High School
Assistant Coach, Top Rank Travel Baseball
International Coaching Experience:
Head Coach, Hornets 18U & 14U Travel Teams (Okinawa, Japan, 2019–2023)
Assistant Coach, KMC Ambassadors Travel Team (Germany, 2018–2019)
Coach Ben Schaffer brings a rare depth of experience and discipline to our organization, forged over nearly two decades of high-level coaching across the globe. A proud Active Duty U.S. Air Force member for the past 20 years, Coach Schaffer has continuously leveraged his leadership skills to mentor and develop baseball talent worldwide.
